While I enjoy this barbeque chicken pizza from Amicci's I figured I could update you all on today's happenings in Sam's case.
Now, I don't want to get too excited or jump to conclusions just yet, but I think what happened today was very good news.
As you all may know I had filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in Supreme Court. When Supreme Court heard there were new developments in the case( i.e. that the State had determined Sam's name) they commanded the State, and allowed me, to provide them a brief citing why (or why not) they should not remand the case back to Superior Court to decide in light of this new evidence. They gave me until May 12th to brief them.
Given that I had a week for that, and given that Superior is required by statute to decide on a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus within three days, I went ahead and filed a new/current Petition down in Superior Court (so that they would decide prior to my brief being due to Supreme, and in my brief in Supreme I could specifically say that they've heard and denied (or approved) these issues).
Today Superior Court's decision was due, and the order they issued was: Van Wickler must, by Wednesday at 4pm, file a response to the allegation that Keene District Court refuses to set a trial date until [Sam] identifies himself.
In other words, it's not yet approved, it's not yet denied. Which means I've caught their attention.
I do not know what the outcome will be, but there will most likely be a decision between 4 and 4:30 on Wednesday, or sometime on Thursday. I think the Superior will do one of three things: order his release; order district to schedule a trial; or deny it based on whatever "good reason" VanWickler and/or his lawyers come up with that Sam be held indefinitely.
I can't say for sure which of those three will happen. I hope for the first, I would "best guess" at the second, and I would pray not the third.
